CARSON, CALIF. — Plenitude Holdings, a real estate investment partnership between Blanchard Entities and Shopoff Realty Investments affiliated entities, is developing The Creek at Dominguez Hills in Carson. Located off the 405 Freeway and north of East Del Amo Boulevard, the 87-acre development will offer more than 500,000-square-feet of retail, recreation and sports wellness space. In addition to retail, the project will feature a 199,000-square-foot, multi-use indoor sports complex designed to accommodate basketball and volleyball practice and team competitions, along with indoor turf training areas and a mezzanine level for viewing the courts below. The facility will be accessible to local sports groups, and open for daily community use and fitness programming. Additionally, The Creek at Dominguez Hill will offer more than eight acres of open space, including a three-kilometer jogging path, a 6.6-acre community park, a zipline and ropes course, and a clubhouse featuring a rooftop deck suitable for community and special events. Plenitude Holdings is finalizing the development plans and expects to break ground in mid-2021. The company has retained Sports Facilities Management to manage the property and partnered with FlyingTee, an active entertainment, golf and dining company, for their first location in California. FlyingTee will offer private …
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ARLINGTON, VA. — Discount grocer Lidl US plans to open 50 new stores in nine states on the East Coast by the end of 2021. Arlington, Va.-based Lidl US will invest $500 million and hire 2,000 employees as part of the expansion. The footprints of the new stores will include six in Georgia, one in South Carolina, five in North Carolina, seven in Virginia, 10 in Maryland, six in New York, 10 in New Jersey, one in Delaware and four in Pennsylvania. Germany-based Lidl currently operates 11,000 grocery stores in 32 countries.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Pizzuti Cos. has opened The Joseph, a 21-story, 297-room hotel in Nashville’s SoBro district. The hotel is part of Marriott International’s Luxury Collection line. The hotel offers indoor and outdoor meeting space, a fitness center, spa and salon, rooftop lounge and restaurant Yolan. The Joseph, named after Pizzuti family patriarch Joseph Pizzuti, is located at 401 Koreans Blvd., less than one mile from downtown Nashville. Miami-based Arquitectonica designed the hotel. New York City-based INC Architecture & Design was the interior designer.
WINTER GARDEN, FLA. — Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC will develop Overture Hamlin, a 180-unit active adult seniors housing community in Winter Garden. The Charleston, S.C.-based developer expects to deliver the property in summer 2021. The Central Florida property will offer one- and two-bedroom floor plans. The community will feature a clubhouse with a private wine room, covered patio, pool, sun deck, dog park, community-friendly golf cart trails, fitness center, yoga studio, craft room, theater room and an activity lounge. The asset will be situated within Hamlin Town Center, 20 miles west of downtown Orlando.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A development team consisting of Cornish Associates, New England-area developer Nordblom Co. and Boston Andes Capital LLC has opened Nightingale Apartments, a $54 million multifamily community in downtown Providence. The property features 143 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and ranging in size from 500 to 1,200 square feet and 11,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities include a fitness center, coworking space, resident lounge and an elevated courtyard.
HARBESON, DEL. — Developer J.G. Petrucci has completed PeachTree Health Group Rehabilitation Center, a $20 million seniors housing project in the southern Delaware city of Harbeson. The property features 78 assisted living units that will serve patients that are recovering from brain injuries. Cerminara Architect designed the project. Iron Hill Construction, J.G. Petrucci’s in-house construction firm, served as the general contractor
CHANNELVIEW, TEXAS — Hunt Capital Partners has provided $9.8 million in federal low-income housing tax credit equity financing for the construction of The Hollows Apartments. The 192-unit affordable housing community will be located on a 7.5-acre site in Channelview, about 17 miles northeast of Houston. The Hollows will offer 36 one-bedroom, 84 two-bedroom, and 72 three-bedroom units restricted to households earning up to 30, 50 and 70 percent of the area median income. LDG Multifamily LLC is co-developing the project with HCHA Redevelopment Authority Inc., an affiliate of the Harris County Housing Authority. Kelly Grossman Architects LLC is designing the project. Construction is expected to begin in September and to be complete in March 2022.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Hunt Midwest continues to expand StorTropolis, its brand of climate-controlled self-storage facilities, throughout metro Kansas City. The developer has opened a 138,000-square-foot facility at 3140 NW Jefferson St. in Blue Springs, Mo., and begun construction on a 111,000-square-foot facility in Lenexa, Kan. Hunt Midwest began developing self-storage properties in 2018 and, in partnership with Strickland Construction, has built and opened three other StorTropolis facilities — two in Kansas City and one in Shawnee, Kan. Each three-story StorTropolis building ranges in size from 104,000 to 138,000 square feet and offers 580 to 760 climate-controlled units. Storage Asset Management, a privately owned, third-party management company, operates StorTropolis. Hunt Midwest is also the developer for SubTropolis, a massive underground business complex with more than 6.5 million square feet of leasable space.
ORLANDO, FLA. — The Allen Morris Co. and Ustler Development Inc. have opened The Julian Apartments at Creative Village in downtown Orlando. Located at 462 N. Terry Ave., the $108 million, 14-story multifamily community features 409 units, 6,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a parking garage. The Julian is the first market-rate apartment building with proximity to the University of Central Florida and Valencia College’s downtown campus, according to the developers. The project is part of the larger $650 million mixed-use development known as Creative Village. The Julian offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences that range in size from 412 to 1,307 square feet. Monthly rents range from $1,275 to $2,950. Currently, residents can earn up to three months of free rent on select units. Amenities include collaborative space on each floor, a front porch overlooking the 2.5-acre Central Park, a rooftop pool, fitness facility and interior courtyard. Asset Living is the property manager for The Julian. Baker Barrios served as architect and Brasfield & Gorie was the general contractor. Creative Village is a transformation of the former Amway Arena site. The former home of the Orlando Magic closed in 2010 and demolished in 2012. The Creative …
NEW YORK CITY — Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of its flagship store at 727 5th Ave. in Manhattan. The top three floors of the 10-story building will be converted from office space into a new exhibition and event space surrounded by a curtain of glass complementing the limestone façade below. That space was originally completed in 1980, and the building itself was originally constructed in 1940. Tiffany has partnered with The Office of Metropolitan Architecture on the project, which is expected to be complete in 2022.